Today marks an historic day in the realm of gaming: The first MMO RPG for Nintendo’s Wii! HullBreach Online, the futuristic space-shooter MMO RPG built for the Wii’s Internet Channel, has seen an open beta release today. The RPG brings together gamers on both the Wii and on the Opera desktop into one massive environment, using a dual control scheme that allows both a Wii Remote and a standard keyboard.

HullBreach lets players take on the role of starship pilots on campaigns to explore space, take on missions, and interact with the sights of the galaxy. This beta release allows players to make hyperspace jumps through more than 500 sectors in space, each with a potentially endless
number of locations for completing missions, surveys, and trades. In future releases and the eventual final release, players will also be able to chat and trade with each other, battle, interact with NPCs, upgrade and purchase ships, and more!

HullBreach sets the bar for graphics possible on the Internet Channel by using the canvas object, which allows graphics comparable to the SuperNES (SuperFX Chip included) at speeds greater than that of Adobe Flash. The game makes extensive use of the Wii Opera SDK, a popular JavaScript software library which allows for 3D graphics with texture-mapping, Wii Remote interaction, and multiuser communication.

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